Ezekiel 11:3 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

They say, 'It's almost time to rebuild homes. This city is a cooking pot, and we're the meat.'(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.

ASV:

that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.

BBE:

Who say, This is not the time for building houses: this town is the cooking-pot and we are the flesh.

DBY:

who say, It is not the time to build houses: this is the cauldron, and we are the flesh.

ERV:

which say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.

JPS:

that say: The time is not near to build houses! this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.

WBS:

Who say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.

WEB:

who say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.

YLT:

who are saying, It is not near -- to build houses, it is the pot, and we the flesh.

Ezekiel 11:3 Cross References

XREF:

Jeremiah 1:13 The word of the LORD came to me a second time saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north."

Ezekiel 11:7 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of the city are the flesh and this city is the pot; but I will bring you out of it.

Ezekiel 11:11 "This city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you to the border of Israel.

Ezekiel 24:3 "Speak a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Put on the pot, put it on and also pour water in it;

Ezekiel 24:6 'Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe to the bloody city, To the pot in which there is rust And whose rust has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, Without making a choice. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

11:3 Who say, {a} [It is] not near; let us build houses: this [city is] the {b} caldron, and we [are] the flesh.
(a) Thus the wicked derided the prophets as though they preached only errors, and therefore gave themselves still to their pleasures.
(b) We will not be pulled out of Jerusalem, till the hour of our death comes, as the flesh is not taken out of the caldron until it is boiled.

WES:

11:3 It - The threatened danger and ruin by the Chaldeans. The caldron - This is an impious scoff, yet mixt with some fear of the prophet, Jer 1:13.

MHC:

11:1-13 Where Satan cannot persuade men to look upon the judgment to come as uncertain, he gains his point by persuading them to look upon it as at a distance. These wretched rulers dare to say, We are as safe in this city as flesh in a boiling pot; the walls of the city shall be to us as walls of brass, we shall receive no more damage from the besiegers than the caldron does from the fire. When sinners flatter themselves to their own ruin, it is time to tell them they shall have no peace if they go on. None shall remain in possession of the city but those who are buried in it. Those are least safe who are most secure. God is often pleased to single out some sinners for warning to others. Whether Pelatiah died at that time in Jerusalem, or when the fulfilment of the prophecy drew near, is uncertain. Like Ezekiel, we ought to be much affected with the sudden death of others, and we should still plead with the Lord to have mercy on those who remain.

CONC:

Build Building Caldron Cauldron Cooking Cooking-pot Flesh Houses Meat Pot Saying Town

Build Building Caldron Cauldron City Cooking Cooking-Pot Flesh Houses Meat Pot Soon Time

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